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Link Wray has been played over 60 times on NTS, first on 29 April 2014. Link Wray's music has been featured on 55 episodes.

Fred Lincoln "Link" Wray, Jr. (May 2, 1929 – November 5, 2005) was a Native American rock and roll guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist who became popular in the late 1950s.

Building on the distorted electric guitar sound of early records, his 1958 instrumental hit "Rumble" by Link Wray and his Ray Men popularized "the power chord, the major modus operandi of modern rock guitarists", facilitating the emergence of "punk and heavy rock". Rolling Stone placed Wray at No. 45 of the…

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The Shadow Knows
Link Wray
Rhino Records1993
The Shadow Knows
Link WrayRhino Records1993
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Switchblade
Link Wray
Visa Records1979
Switchblade
Link WrayVisa Records1979
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Fire And Brimstone
Link Wray
Polydor1971
Fire And Brimstone
Link WrayPolydor1971
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Fallin' Rain
Link Wray
Polydor1971
Fallin' Rain
Link WrayPolydor1971
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Fallin' Rain
Link Wray
Polydor1971
Fallin' Rain
Link WrayPolydor1971
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Fallin' Rain
Link Wray
Polydor1971
Fallin' Rain
Link WrayPolydor1971
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Genocide
Link Wray
Norton Records1990
Genocide
Link WrayNorton Records1990
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Comanche
Link Wray
Sundazed Music2006
Comanche
Link WraySundazed Music2006
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Black River Swamp
Link Wray
Polydor1971
Black River Swamp
Link WrayPolydor1971
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Alone
Link Wray
Line Records1982
Alone
Link WrayLine Records1982
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